Vasant Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes)

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Artist: Unknown artist
Date: ca. 1630–40
Medium: Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 7 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. (19.4 x 14.6 cm)
Origin: India (Madhya Pradesh, Malwa)
Department: Asian Art
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #BA8E73 · 24%

Granite Face · Gray family · #637172 · 20%

Apricot Plaster · Orange family · #E8D6C0 · 12%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #565E64 · 11%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #D4AF96 · 6%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #A58F60 · 6%

Weathered Leather · Brown family · #765749 · 6%

Granite Face · Gray family · #676B5E · 5%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #936C58 · 4%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #4A453D · 3%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #9D958B · 2%

Terra Sigillata Red · Red family · #B86357 · <1%

Scarlet Tempera · Red family · #C85D52 · <1%

Pewter Vessel · Gray family · #859096 · <1%

Antique Rose Dust · Pink family · #A87E80 · <1%

Oxidized Bronze · Green family · #557464 · <1%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #97A8A6 · <1%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #ADBCC2 · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1918

12 tags

Deities and Holy Figures Both · 98%

Krishna is explicitly listed among the catalog subjects, and the image shows a distinct blue-gray, crowned, and ornamented central figure.
Related to Music Metadata · 99%

The title identifies the object as Vasant Ragini and as a folio from a ragamala series, or Garland of Musical Modes.
Movement Both · 98%

Dancing is listed among the catalog subjects, and the figures are shown in visibly active, bent-limb poses.
Femininity Both · 97%

Women are explicitly listed among the catalog subjects, and two richly dressed women visibly flank the central figure.
Flora Both · 99%

Flowers are listed among the catalog subjects, and flowering vegetation and aquatic plant forms are visibly prominent in the upper and lower registers.

Patterns Visual · 97%

Repeated vegetal, floral, garment, jewelry, and border motifs create a strongly patterned surface.
Flatness Visual · 96%

Broad flat areas of muted color, emphatic contour lines, and limited spatial recession give the image a notably flat graphic organization.

Painting Both · 99%

The image visibly presents a painted folio, and the catalog classifies the object as Paintings with a medium of ink and opaque watercolor on paper.
Work on Paper Both · 99%

The paper support and folio format are visible, and the catalog specifies paper as the support.
Watercolor Metadata · 98%

The catalog identifies the medium as ink and opaque watercolor on paper.

17th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the folio to ca. 1630–40, within the seventeenth century.

Indian Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog gives the place of origin as India, specifically Madhya Pradesh, Malwa.

Unknown artist. Vasant Ragini: Folio from a ragamala series (Garland of Musical Modes). The Metropolitan Museum of Art.